2022: A year in controversies
The most controversial subjects examined in the Freethinker in 2022 - and why open enquiry matters.
Britain’s blasphemy heritage
How the offence of blasphemy developed in the common law, how it was abolished, and why it seems to be coming back in a new guise.
Is all publicity good publicity? How the first editor of the Freethinker attracted the public’s attention
How G.W. Foote's early tactics of courting notoriety in the Freethinker may have helped to increase its circulation and to support the freethought movement.
The Satanic Verses; free speech in the Freethinker
Bibliography of Freethinker articles on free thought and free speech - in honour of Salman Rushdie.
‘An animal is a description of ancient worlds’: interview with Richard Dawkins
The Freethinker speaks to Dawkins about genes, memes, the scientific method, political controversies and more.
On trial for blasphemy: the Freethinker’s first editor and offensive cartoons
George William Foote was born in Plymouth in humble circumstances on 11 January 1850. His father died when…